Loading a Quilt, Burrito Method 

Wish I had seen this before I loaded my first quilt!!! You are a lifesaver, Adam! I will be watching all of your videos 🙂

My first burrito! Love how you give instruction ❤

I wish I could like this a zillion times! I have watched this so many times. I don’t quilt that many quilts, and so every time I load my long arm I look at this video! Thank you so much!🎉

Adam SEW terrific and fun! I love this method. Thank you 🤗

To keep your leader on the top bar, or any bar, manageable, try using children's "slap bracelets". Just slap them around the bar and they'll keep your leader wrapped up tight. Easy on and easy off.

Ive watched this video several times now and it's finally sinking into my hard head! Yours is about the best video! Thank you

"This is the beans and this is the cheese" LOL Thank goodness I didn't have a mouth full of coffee or it would have been a mess! Great technique. I'll have to figure it out for my Studio 2 frame. Love it.

I will definitely try this, sweet

OMG. This makes so much sense to me! So much better than any other method I have seen! Thanks so much!

Thanks for the tip on protecting your wine

i use washi tape and wrap it around the tension bar - it use it as a measurement when i am quilting and rolling up the quilt. you may need to change it on each quilt depending on how your quilting .but it helps keep the leader from rolling all over the place.

Thank you! I have been teaching myself for the last few years & this is the best info that I have seen!

I wanted to tell you I tried your method of loading my backing today and it made a huge difference. Thanks for sharing 😊

I am SO grateful to you, Adam, for your Burrito Method to load quilts!! I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have watched this!! Thanks so very much! It’s the method that makes the most sense to me!❤😊

Adam, I just want to say THANK YOU. Your videos help me so much that you have no idea. Well... you probably do. I bought my machine in November/22, had one class... well... just a whatever class I must say. Everything I know I am learning with you, and I can't thank you enough. I loveeeee the Burrito Method and the cheese, beans, tortilla, omg... that's definitely a good way to make me remember it. LOL. Thank you, thank you and thank you!

Great vedio! I just set up my Moxie and your tips will come in handy!!

Where have you been all my 12 years of longarm life??? I am super short and this solved issues and the back and forth after loading was never crossed my path and it was magic!!!

Thank you so much for sharing. I am brand new to long arming and your loading instructions are fabulous!!!

Awesome video, and what a back-saver! I need the long back leader cloth to make the burrito but just loading from the belly bar is life changing to this longarm newb. Thank you!

Thanks for explaining this in detail! I'm no longer afraid to start! 😊

Thank you for sharing this great technique for loading the pieces of the quilt. So much easier than what I was doing.

Making the "table" is ingenious. I will definitely try that. Thanks for sharing.

I am going right now to try this method! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing

Wow thank you. I just got my first frame and I am feeling overwhelmed it is nice to see different methods and you are a delight to listen to. Hi from Australia 🇦🇺

Thank you for your tutorial! This way is so much easier for me to load!

THANK YOU. I have been struggling with my loading and i think you have just helped me. I will have to watch this every quilt I load for a while but i think this might be my answer!

Very clever to wrap around back bar...thanks!

Thank you for the nice close-up shots of what you're doing! I do the zipper method. No poking on the fingers.

Thank you for this video. Most helpful. I am new to this and have watched several of these. You have been the most helpful.

Love your videos. Always very helpful. Thank you

Wow! I just got the new Moxie and I was a bit intimidated to load my first quilt! You have done such an amazing job explaining the steps, that I have now loaded mine and I'm ready to rock and "roll"!! Thank you so much!

Love this!

Just got my machine. Cannot wait to try this method! Thanks.

I tried it your method and it works great! Easy to do and kept everything lined up wonderfully. Thank you for sharing!!

I just got my Simply Sixteen and loft frame set up today and loaded some practice fabric using this method. Super easy and everything lined up perfectly and straight. I think it'll be easy to remember how to do it again later. Thanks so much! Love your videos. I've learned "sew" much from you! I'm a total newbie to long arm and new to quilting in general since April 2021. I'm working on my 9th quilt and looking forward to using the long arm.

Great details! Your instruction is amazing!

You are an awesome teacher. My teacher floated her tops so I’ve floated the few I’ve quilted. I’ve also reached across my infinity to load the leaders. This video has changed all that. I can’t wait to try this method. Everything was so well demonstrated. Thank you

Great video! Thank you.

Oh my gosh you make it look so easy. Going to give your loading a go because that is a real killer on my back the way I do it. Thank you for showing me your way. Cheers

This video was a total game changer for me! I just pulled my latest queen quilt off my frame and I am so happy as to how it came out! Best ever! I started and stopped this video as I was loading the quilt top, batting, and backing to make sure I got it just right. Not only was the burrito technique helpful, everything was so detailed you almost can't get it wrong. In the past I have had bunching of the backing, wonky overlapping of my binding due to stretching, and all kinds of issues. This quilt top had lots of angled piecing (Scott Flanagan's "Warmth of our Stars" in flannel) and I didn't want it to to suffer the same fate as my other quilts have. This time.....flawless! Yeah! I'm going to watch all your other videos now as time permits. Thanks Adam!

Great video. So informative and so much fun to watch. Thanks for doing it!

I took out my red leaders and tried your method. Love the results thanks! easy to do and my quilt is much straighter!!

Mind blown!! You are AMAZING!!! This is the best loading instruction video I’ve seen! Thank you!!!!

Your videos are awesome & easy to understand

Great video! I thought it was great that you didn't rush through the process. You did a great job of explaining. Definitely going to try your way :) Thank you!!!

Great method. I’m a vegan,but love your burrito method. Thanks for sharing.

I love llamas. They make me happy 😁

Thanks Adam! I love your demonstration. I am getting my Amara set up today and I have so much to learn. Thank you for your videos.

Thank you Adam! I love it and am going to try it this way the next time I load a quilt.

I just bought an Amara and found this video. What a helpful tutorial this is!!! Wow! I can't thank you enough for how resourceful you are!

Great suggestions! I will definitely experiment & see if it helps! Thank you 😊

Awesome!

Thank you. For.some reason I have not been a fan of floating my quilt. I've been preparing and studying videos, and have not yet used my quilt frame just yet. Honestly, I was getting discouraged. Then.....I saw your video. I love this method and WILL be using it. Thank you so much!!!!

Thanks Adam, you made it look easy. I’m new at this and just found your videos & FB page.

Learn alot by watching the video

I watch this video every time I load my long arm now. It's flawless every time. Thanks for going through everything so methodically. It's very easy to follow.

Thank you so much! I got more out of this (and your companion Red Snapper) burrito loading video than I got out of 7 hours of searching for "Loading Your Long-arm". I'm new to long-arming, and I just set up my new Moxie (and the Red Snappers). Until your videos, I was ready to return both (yeah...I'm easily frustrated). Thanks for all your instructions. Today is a new day, and armed with your videos, I'm ready to get back into the ring!!

Thanks. So far I'm not loving my new Infinity. STEEP learning curve since it's my first long arm. This method looks like it will be so much easier on my back. And popping the bar up out of the way makes so much sense!

Great video!! I followed it as I loaded my quilt. So much easier than how I used to do it. ( still a beginner)

This is going to make my life easier!!!

Great video! I am very new to longarm quilting on a frame.

Thank you I'm going to try it tomorrow. I have a Avante I like the second crank.

I love your method...I have been struggling with the bars

I’ve never seen such a complicated way to load a quilt. I’ve longarmed for 5 years. I’m glad I got a few new ideas. I’m so glad this works for you and you are a great instructor.

Enjoyed your vid o! I’m getting ready to set up my HQ Forte, and your video was easy to follow and understand! I watched one from longarm university, and not much was shown besides the quilt top. No loading, rolling, or placing batting. I didn’t learn anything from that video, but you made it very clear on yours! Thank you for taking time to make a great video, much appreciated. 😊

Thank you

👏🏻👏🏻Thank you👏🏻👏🏻

I only have an 18” Avante but my back is screaming by the time I pin my backing ! I’m going to start using this method. Thanks Adam!

I just bought my Moxie and I’ve been afraid to ‘jump in the water’. You make it look fun and easy. Thank you.

Very very informative I like the way you did it how you loaded your machine almost like I do except for I have the red snappers I did learn about the Exter Bar when you could move the bar up that you could put the batting on thanks so much for Sharing❣️✂️🧵🥰

Adam you are just adorable! I recently purchased a long arm (not as nice as yours) but I have gone nuts trying to find a video to help me understand the loading process-yours was the best that I could find to make it easier to do! I'm fixing to watch your other videos next! Thank you!

I want to learn more about that hammock! Just got my first longarm yesterday. I should have watched your video before loading my backing - it's all askew! lol. I'm going to try again using your method. I need to get the super leaders.

Fun method! I just got the super leader for the back bar.

Wow! You make it look so much easier. I am definitely going to try you way. I was using the big green wonder clips to hold the leader to the fabric, until I got it pinned. Love the idea of the tables. May have to ask Santa for a Super Leader too. I’m really enjoying your videos. I have a used Advante’ with the ProStitcher, so watching many videos to find which way works best for me. Thanks Again, and please make more videos.

FANTASTICO! This is so step by step,= easy peasy to follow to perfection. WOW. I really need this! TU so much! I am the 2nd owner of my HQ frame and Avante! I am so not knowing how to properly load my frame, but I have done it one time. I don't even know if my leaders are on straight! I have not even used all of the poles and wondered WHAT the 4th pole was even used for??? This is really going to help me to do everything properly! I also have the snappers. Mine are blue. I like your idea of the plumb line. Your batting is so unwrinkled, and you fold it so evenly! I will look at the red snapper video that you made. Going to check out my leaders now to see if they are on straight. Thank you again. I don't know how you knew the subject of: LOADING, was such a stickler for so many... It seems like I avoid my machine use because of this usual mess(with me) of my questionable loading technique. It starts with the leaders! They have to be on straight.

Grenades indeed!

Loved your video. I load the front bars just as you do. I was always taught to pin so the pins are on the leader side which will prevent fraying of the fabric. With your method, the pins on the back of the backing are on the fabric side. No problem if you’re using the self-identify, but I’d be concerned of fraying using your method.

Your video is so awesome! Several years ago, my wonderful husband bought me a Grace quilt frame. It is basic. The salesman talked him into an embroidery machine, as a quilting machine. No. We sent that back and got a Juki home machine. Not a long arm. The frame has only 2 bars and has been a trial loading . Your video is going to make loading my quilts so much easier, even though i only have the 2 bars. My next watch will be the one using the red snappers. I do use all that i have, because, well, it does make quilting faster and easier. Thank you for this video. Question: HOW do you get your batting so flat?

I just learned why I “need” pole cradles! I hate stuffing the batting through the bars.

Thanks for a great video. Question. How do you get your batting so smooth before putting it on there? It looked like it was pressed as it looked so good. Thank you

What a great video. Thanks.. what kind of lights? And that batting hammock looks awesome.

What is the hammock you put your batting in? I just bought a long arm quilter from a girl whose mother had passed and was an avid quilter. It came with a nice metal Grace frame so I was watching you tube to try and learn how to load a quilt. Thank you for the instructions….im sure I’ll need to watch it at least a half dozen more times to actually GET IT!😢But my leader clothes are not as big as yours and the hammock thing is something I may need as well.

Very cool technique, thanks! Adam when you pin the backing to the superleader burrito-style, do you match the centers of the backing and leader?

Love your method. Sadly, with my APQS, I cannot take my bar up like that to add the batting.

Hi, Adam! Do you have a easy way for loading when the frame is setup in clear view mode? I have an Amara and feel like clear view gives me a little more throat space. Second, my PSA for the day - I bought magnetic badge holders on the “Big A” shopping sight and use the magnetic portion to hold the edge of my leaders to keep them from flapping around and getting in my way. They’re not pretty like the ones sold as sewing notions, but are inexpensive enough that I got enough to give a few to my friends with longarms.

Hey, I know this video is 4 years old, but I wanted to ask you a question. I have a Grace Majestic frame. It’s about 9 years old. It doesn’t have an Idler bar. I noticed your frame has a nice one, like most of the newer frames. My husband is going to try to modify mine. My question finally. How far off your machine bed does that Idler bar sit? I know with my frame, every time I roll up the quilt, after quilting, I have to raise my take up bar. Supposed to be able to put your fingers under the quilt roll. I sometimes forget and that gets pretty heavy. I have RA, so I don’t have a lot of strength. That’s where I usually mess up and end up picking the out the mess. So the Idler bar will really help, because I don’t think you have to adjust it at all. If you could let me know, I would sure appreciate it. I probably could find out if you don’t get this, so thanks anyway. Great video

Thank you for sharing. I recently got a King Quilter 2 Elite. The lady I started following floats the top & doesn’t load the quilt top. I love how she does it but I also need to know how to do this as well. Not many videos out that I have found with the quilting frame like what I have. This is great!! Now to go search & see if you have any quilting videos that will help me. 😊 I made myself a plexi board so I can sketch on. Any pointers for any of this? Thanks in advance.

Adam, I just found your RU-vid video on loading a quilt. I have Red Sappers I used them instead of pinning but this time I'm going to pin the quilt top I like your method. I do set my bar on the top of the frame to lay down the batting. The net that's holding the batting, may, I ask where did you purchase the net in do you mind sharing.

Please tell me about the mesh bag under your frame that holds your batting.

T took my ga;llamp long are in to have the timing fixed so how do I put the quilt back on it is 3/4. or more quilted and I am having problems getting it to sit right

Where do you get to Handi hammock? I like that idea

I'm a longarm newbie and loaded my quilt using your burrito method. Had to reattach my backwards leaders and need to get a super leader for top bar. Does it matter if you pin all pins in one direction? Have neuropathy and that's easier on my fingers

strang question can you load a quilt fom side to side or should you go top to bottom. I have a 12ft sweet sixteen and thought I can quilt more at a time if loaded side to side less advancing thankd Sherry DeNileon Brighton CO

Lloyd and Lola Elizabeth Heartman

Is a super-leader longer than 27"?

Adam. Does it matter if you load your back fabric with a seam vertical or horizontal?

Please explain the bungee cords that you are using

Do you always keep your ruler base on your machine? Or do you take it off when you quilt?

I don’t have drop or drag buttons on Pro stitcher